Review originally posted on Pop ‘stache
Some fans were introduced to Godspeed You! Black Emperor in 1998 upon hearing “East Hastings” off of their debut album F#A#∞, featured on the soundtrack to the instant cult-horror classic 28 Days Later. Others were Continue reading
Above: My ticket to the Morrissey show along with his ridiculous playbill pic.
My friend Joey was nice enough to buy us tickets to see Morrissey in concert this year for my birthday as he and I are longtime fans of The Smiths as well as Morrissey’s solo career. My birthday was months ago and October seemed a long time away at that point, but I was pleasantly surprised Continue reading
Above: My ticket with the band’s name presented incorrectly…
I had no idea of what to expect for a PiL show. For starters they are a band that I never thought I would see live, let alone from ten feet away. Granted John Lydon (Johnny Rotten) is the only member of the original band, but the revamped PiL is by no means a collection of slouches. The current line-up Continue reading
Review originally posted on Pop ‘stache, but expanded upon (for better or worse) below…
Flying Lotus, alias of Los Angeles producer Steven Ellison, has come a long way from creating beats for Adult Swim. His 2006 debut 1983 had listeners Continue reading
Above: Justin Bieber trying to “pull off” the sexy, short-haired Emma Watson look. The differences Continue reading
Interview originally published on Pop ‘stache
After ordering the split Slowness “Race to Mars”/Dead Leaf Echo “Act of Truth” 7-inch, the Self-Hating Hipster reached out to Dead Leaf Echo via their website. A few days later a response came and a lengthy trail of emails between SHH and DLE’s frontman LG Galleon began, starting with Continue reading
Year Zero by Rob Reid (2012)
Originally published on Pop’stache
The premise behind Rob Reid’s first novel, Year Zero, is a music-centric universe that has been bankrupted by Earth’s copyright laws due to boundless piracy. Earth is subsequently targeted by certain biased alien races who believe that encouraging our self-annihilation might be the only way of saving Continue reading
Review originally posted on Pop’stache
Since its conception, Grizzly Bear has a seen a tremendous evolution. The eerie, lo-fi bedroom musings of leading man Ed Droste were appropriated for their debut Horn of Plenty with the aid of drummer Christopher Bear. Grizzly Bear’s second release, Yellow House, saw an unexpected and exponential sonic expansion with the admission of multi-instrumentalists Daniel Rossen and Chris Taylor. With the ante upped and Continue reading
Any journalist who is worth their weight in salt (or shit for that matter) should have a notebook, journal or at the very least a pen with a pad of paper. I have attended upwards of a dozen live shows this year and it wasn’t until a month ago that Continue reading
Review originally posted on Pop’stache
Animal Collective has clown shoes to fill following 2009’s stellar Merriweather Post Pavilion on their ninth proper album, Centipede Hz. The Collective: Avey Tare (David Portner), Panda Bear (Noah Lennox) and Geologist (Brian Weitz) are rejoined by fourth founding member Deakin Continue reading
the self-hating hipster 